Hartley$$Electronics$,$ Inc., in$$Nashville$,$ produces short runs of custom airwave scanners for the defense industry. You have been asked by the$$owner$,$ Janet$$Hartley$,$ to reduce inventory by introducing a kanban system. After several hours of$$analysis$,$ you develop the following data for scanner connectors used in one work cell. How many kanbans do you need for this$$connector$?$

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Daily Demand $-1,000$ Connectors

Lead Time $-4$ days

Safety Stock $-0\mathrm{.}50$ day

Kansan size $-500$ connectors

Number of kanbans$=$

$($Nearest whole number$)$